New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent British Poets and Poetical Translators, Volume 1Richard Alfred Davenport C. and C. Whittingham, 1823 |
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... dark foundations deep , [ keep . And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel Ring out , ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears , If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And ...
... dark foundations deep , [ keep . And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel Ring out , ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears , If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And ...
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... dark The sable - stoled sorcerers bear his worship'd ark . He feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand , The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyn ; Nor all the Gods beside Longer dare abide , Not Typhon huge , ending in snaky ...
... dark The sable - stoled sorcerers bear his worship'd ark . He feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand , The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyn ; Nor all the Gods beside Longer dare abide , Not Typhon huge , ending in snaky ...
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... Darkness swallow all . In Thee we live , In Thee we move : our beings , in Thy chain Link'd to eternity , fasten on Thee , The pillar of our souls ! For me ( how late A neighbour of the worm ! ) when I forget The wonders of thy goodness ...
... Darkness swallow all . In Thee we live , In Thee we move : our beings , in Thy chain Link'd to eternity , fasten on Thee , The pillar of our souls ! For me ( how late A neighbour of the worm ! ) when I forget The wonders of thy goodness ...
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... darkness veils the sun : a curtain draw Before the Passion ; beyond wonder great , Great beyond Silence ! ( Awe - struck , pause a And heavy as the burden of our sins ! [ while- ) ' ' Tis finish'd ! ' - Change the lyre , the numbers ...
... darkness veils the sun : a curtain draw Before the Passion ; beyond wonder great , Great beyond Silence ! ( Awe - struck , pause a And heavy as the burden of our sins ! [ while- ) ' ' Tis finish'd ! ' - Change the lyre , the numbers ...
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... darkness and the vale Of shadowy Death , to pastures fair , and streams Of comfort , thy refreshing right hand led My wearied soul , and bathed in health and joy ! To light restored , and the sweet breath of heaven , Beneath thy olive ...
... darkness and the vale Of shadowy Death , to pastures fair , and streams Of comfort , thy refreshing right hand led My wearied soul , and bathed in health and joy ! To light restored , and the sweet breath of heaven , Beneath thy olive ...
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